ALT Polaris is designed as a space that encourages social interaction among staff and students

ALT Athletic Therapy and Training Students learn how to assess injuries in the treatment room in Polaris

ALT The strength and conditioning gym in Polaris

ALT Members of the DCU Solar Racing team brief An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, Minister James Lawless TD and DCU President Prof Dáire Keogh about their project in the Polaris

ALT Brid Horan, Chancellor of Dublin City University, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and Prof Dáire Keogh, President of Dublin City University Photo: Kyran O'Brien

ALT An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD and James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science speak to students at the official opening of the Polaris Building on Dublin City University's Glasnevin Campus Photo: Kyran O'Brien

ALT An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD shares a joke with former Dublin selector Mickey Whelan and Prof Niall Moyna from Dublin City University's School of Health and Human Performance Photo: Kyran O'Brien

ALT An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD unveils a plaque to mark the official opening of the Polaris Building with James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Brid Horan, Chancellor of Dublin City University and Prof Dáire Keogh, President of Dublin City University Photo: Kyran O'Brien